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November 2013

Now that the days have become shorter and it’s too cold for long nights on the terrace, I had some time available to play experiment with TypeScript. On CodePlex you’ll find a sample project that illustrates how you can use TypeScript for a more synchronized approache to asynchronous programming.
https://asyncobservable.codeplex.com/
The AsyncObservable pattern is in fact a simple App that…

This post is the first one in a series on developing SharePoint 2013 Apps using TypeScript. I’ve become a big fan of TypeScript, as it allows me to write cleaner JavaScript code, inspires me because I can think in object oriented patterns like for example Observable etc., helps me organize (and re-use) my code in libraries and gives me the full power of Intellisense in Visual Studio (Express).

Ever wondered how you can consume an external OData Service from a SharePoint 2013 App? Well, I did and it came at the cost of a fair bit of headache because I kept feeling I was missing one essential piece of the puzzle: An ODataConnectionSettingId.
Ok, let’s start at the beginning. I created an account with visualstudio.com and wanted to retrieve data from my online TFS project in SharePoint.